Among the famous empresses in Chinese history, the mother of the Shunzhi Emperor and the famous Empress Xiaozhuang are definitely counted as one. She helped her son ascend to the throne, assisted her grandson Kangxi for more than twenty years, and had a wonderful emotional entanglement with her younger uncle Dorgon. When it comes to "filial piety", everyone will think of this great female politician, Borzigit? Bumubutai.
Bumubutai
However, the empress who has been called "Xiaozhuang" in history is not only Bumubutai, but also the nickname of an empress is also "Xiaozhuang". Although she did not have the political ability to teach her husband and teach her children and govern the country like Empress Xiaozhuang, the interdependent love between her and her husband was more touching than Bumubutai, and she was Empress Qian of Ming Yingzong.
Queen of Money
Empress Qian was a native of Haizhou (present-day Lianyungang) and was chosen as empress dowager at the age of sixteen by Empress Dowager Zhang. In terms of personality and ability, this Empress Dowager Zhang was more similar to the later Empress Xiaozhuang, and her experience was also quite legendary: because her father-in-law Zhu Di favored her younger son, her husband's position as crown prince had been unstable, thanks to her alertness and the joy of her mother-in-law to stabilize the emperor; after her husband succeeded to the throne, he died in less than a year, and his son only became emperor for ten years, during which he deposed the empress. All this made Empress Zhang determine how important it was for the royal family and the country to choose a good empress as the mother of a country.
After thousands of choices, Empress Dowager Zhang selected the great-granddaughter qian girl of Zhu Di's subordinates, and her character, family lineage, and talent were all top-notch. The scale of marrying her was very grand, and zhang fu, a famous general of the Hundred Battles, and Yang Shiqi, the elder of the Four Dynasties, personally came to the Qian family as envoys to marry the girl. This was the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty that an emperor had a big wedding, and its scale was rare in the world. Later facts also showed that Empress Qian was worthy of this grand wedding, and the wise Empress Zhang did not look away.
Shortly after the big wedding, Empress Zhang died, and her granddaughter-in-law, Empress Qian, began to personally command the six palaces. Despite his grandmother's marriage, Emperor Yingzong was very fond of this beautiful and virtuous empress. Although there are many harem beauties, the emperor still has a special love for Empress Qian. Empress Qian was also a very broad-minded wife, although she had never had children, she loved all the princesses born to other concubines, and she did not target any concubines because of this, which deepened the love of Yingzong, who was ashamed of the empress because she did not have a concubine.
Ming Yingzong Zhuqi Town
Soon after, the "Civil Engineering Revolution" that shocked the whole country broke out, hundreds of thousands of elite Ming troops, the main ministers of the DPRK and China were killed, and the emperor himself was captured by Mongol cavalry. When the news reached Beijing, the Forbidden City and beyond were in a state of panic. The leader of the Mongols also released the word first, that the Reward given by the Ming Government was not enough, and if the reward was enough, the Emperor was released (in fact, it was a kidnapping ticket). When the Empress Qian learned of this news, she did not have time to distinguish whether this was true or false, and immediately took out all the gold and silver treasures in the palace and gave them to Ye Xian, wanting to redeem her husband. The one with a huge appetite and cunning first just wanted to use Emperor Yingzong as a cover for his own deception, and the money pooled out of the palace was simply not enough to satisfy his appetite. I threw a lot of money into Yaxian's pocket, but I didn't get anything in exchange. The deceived Empress Qian lost all the money, but did not exchange it for her beloved husband, and the court had already elected Zhu Qiyu, the prince of jianguo, as the new emperor, and she was truly in an extremely embarrassing situation.
Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty
Even after several years as empress, Empress Qian was only a little girl in her twenties. There was no way for Queen Qian, who missed her husband all day, but to cry day and night. Every day, she knelt on the ground and prayed to Heaven to help her husband return home soon. Even if you are tired, you just lie on the floor and refuse to climb into bed to rest. Over time, she had problems with her eyes and legs, but she thought that heaven was testing her, so she refused to be treated by the doctor. Finally she cried and went blind in one eye and on her knees with a broken leg.
The Ming army defeated the Mongols on the battlefield, and then won a victory in the diplomatic field, successfully bringing the twenty-something "Emperor Taishang" Zhu Qi back to Beijing. However, the "Taishang Emperor" who returned to the capital did not enjoy much good treatment, and was quickly invited to the Nangong by his brother and put under house arrest, and the daily diet and basic supply and marketing were difficult to guarantee.
Even at such a difficult time, Empress Qian, who had become a disabled person, did not leave Zhu Qi Town. She advised her husband: "It is good to be able to escape alive from the hands of the Mongols, so why should the husband ask for it?" Not only that, she also dragged her body, which already had mobility impairments, to do some needlework as much as she could, and exchanged it for money, doing her best to subsidize the family. She was the great-granddaughter of the meritorious elder, the qianjin of a senior military attaché, and the empress of the Ming Empire, but she shared happiness and hardship with her husband during this time of disgrace, and also personally did manual work to make money, which was difficult to imagine in the hands of other empresses and even a big lady, but this really happened to Empress Qian.
After sharing happiness and hardship with Zhu Qizhen in the Nangong For several years, he finally came to the bitter end. When Zhu Qiyu was about to return to heaven, some ministers launched a coup d'état to put Zhu Qizhen back on the throne. Zhu Qizhen, who had regained the throne, immediately renamed Empress Qian empress, although she was severely disabled and completely infertile, and the crown prince's biological mother was not her. The Empress's father died long ago, and her two younger brothers were martyred in the "Civil Revolution". Out of deep attachment to the empress and the desire to compensate the empress, the emperor insisted on making the empress's mother's family a high-ranking official Houlu. However, the empress resolutely disagreed, saying that she would not let the emperor be too good to the outside world, which made Zhu Qizhen even more moved.
The Change of Civil Engineering
Soon after the restoration, Emperor Mingying went west and died. On the occasion of his death, after instructing the prince of government affairs, he did not forget to tell his son: "After I die, you must serve the empress dowager of the two palaces well, and both Empress Qian and your mother must be treated to the same extent." After Empress Qian died, she must also be buried with me! ”
After Zhu Qizhen's death, the successor emperor Zhu Jianshen did not listen to his father's words. Under pressure from her birth mother, Zhu Jianshen demanded that Empress Qian find another place to bury her. Fortunately, the ministers vigorously opposed it, and in the end they did not let Zhu Jianshen and others succeed. Despite this, the childless Qian Queen under her knees did not get much respect as she deserved, and she was physically disabled and suffered everywhere. Soon after, Empress Qian died of depression and died at the age of forty-three.
Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu saw deeply
Although Empress Qian and her husband Zhu Qizhen were heavenly lovers, the two did not enjoy much together. The couple suffered together and did not end up with a perfect ending. However, as a weak woman, Empress Qian did not leave her husband under the pressure of the outside world, and still accompanied him in the most difficult time of Zhu Qizhen. After the restoration, Zhu Qizhen did not abandon the "wife of the chaff who was blind and lame", but insisted on sealing the queen. Although their love has not borne fruit, it proves to the world that royal couples also have true feelings, whether they are rich or suffering together, they will not abandon and walk together!